China. Mid 60s. Chen Zhen, a member of the young Chinese intelligentsia, finds himself in Inner Mongolia, one of the most remote and distinctive provinces of China. The young man settles in the yurt of the old Mongol Bilig. From him, Chen Zhen learns that since time immemorial, the Mongols have worshiped the wolf totem, which, according to them, symbolizes the victory of charisma over the forces of the elements and makes it possible to exist in extreme conditions. Having lived among the cold steppes, Chen Zhen gradually discovers the amazing but simple world of a nomad, built on the confrontation between people and wolves...